Spot

Definition: Spot

Spot

Noun

1. A point located with respect to surface features of some region; "this is a nice place for a picnic".

2. A short section or illustration (as between radio or tv programs or in a magazine) that is often used for advertising.

3. A blemish made by dirt; "he had a smudge on his cheek".

4. A small contrasting part of something; "a bald spot"; "a leopard's spots"; "a patch of clouds"; "patches of thin ice": "a fleck of red".

5. A section of an entertainment that is assigned to a specific performer or performance; "they changed his spot on the program".

6. An outstanding characteristic; "his acting was one of the high points of the movie".

7. A business establishment for entertainment; "night spot".

8. A job in an organization; "he occupied a post in the treasury".

9. A slight attack of illness; "he has a touch of rheumatism".

10. : (British) a small quantity; "a spot of tea"; "a bit of paper".

11. : a mark on a playing card (shape depending on the suit).

12. : a lamp that produces a strong beam of light to illuminate a restricted area; used to focus attention of a stage performer.

13. : a playing card with a specified number of pips on it to indicate its value; "an eight spot".

14. : an act that brings discredit to the person who does it; "he made a huge blot on his copybook".

Verb

1. Catch sight of.

2. Mar or impair with a flaw; "her face was blemished".

3. Make a spot or mark onto; "The wine spotted the tablecloth".

4. Become spotted; "This dress spots quickly".

5. Mark with a spot or spots so as to allow easy recognition; "spot the areas that one should clearly identify".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "spot" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Etymology: Spot \Spot\, noun. [Compare to Scot. & Dutch spat, Danish spette, Swedish spott spittle, slaver; from the root of English spit. See Spitto eject from the mouth, and compare to Spatter.]. (references)

Business

Fine Arts

Industry

Military & Defense

Mining

Multilingual Slang

Post & Telecom

Science

Slang

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

SPOT

SPOT

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Spot

Blemish

Stain, blot; spot, spottiness; speck, speckle, blur.

Discovery

Trace, get at; hit it, have it; lay one's finger, lay one's hands upon; spot; get at the truth, arrive at the truth; put the saddle on the right horse, hit the right nail on the head.

Disrepute

Tarnish, taint, defilement, pollution. stain, blot, spot, blur, stigma, brand, reproach, imputation, slur.

Indication

Put an indication, put a mark; Noun: note, mark, stamp, earmark; blaze; label, ticket, docket; dot, spot, score, dash, trace, chalk; print; imprint, impress; engrave, stereotype.

Place

Noun: place, lieu, spot, point, dot; niche, nook; (corner); hole; pigeonhole; (receptacle); compartment; premises, precinct, station; area, courtyard, square; abode; locality; (situation).

Situation

Place, site, station, seat, venue, whereabouts; ground; bearings; (direction); spot; (limited space).

Uncleanness

Render unclean; Adjective: dirt, dirty; daub, blot, blur, smudge, smutch, soil, smoke, tarnish, slaver, spot, smear; smirch; begrease;dabble, drabble, draggle, daggle; spatter, slubber; besmear; bemire, beslime, begrime, befoul; splash, stain, distain, maculate, sully, pollute, defile, debase, contaminate, taint, leaven; corrupt; (injure); cover with dust; Noun: drabble in the mud; roil.

Crosswords: Spot

Dutch (mockery), French (blip, light spot, pip, spot), German (ad, advertisement, commercial), Italian (spot), Portuguese (spot, spot announcement, spotlight), Scottish (a spot), Turkish (spot, spotlight).

You certainly chose a lovely spot for our meeting (From Here to Eternity; writing credit: Ernest Tidyman)

You could have found a better spot! (The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers; writing credit: Frances Walsh)

That is my least vulnerable spot. (Casablanca; writing credit: Murray Burnett; Joan Alison)

Zack, just because you always park your car in that same spot, does not mean it's official (Saved by the Bell; writing credit: Ana Maria Moretzsohn)

A hot bowl of mulligatawny would hit the spot. (Seinfeld; writing credit: Andreas Lenze; Bea Schmidt)

Even got keys to the spot to drop the PO Box (That's What I'm Looking For; performing artist: Da Brat)

With a five million dollar spot (Jumpin', Jumpin' (So So Def Remix); performing artist: Destiny's Child)

When I rock the spot with the flavor I got (Keep Their Headz Ringin; performing artist: Dr. Dre)

Stay in one spot, another day of monotony (Lose Yourself; performing artist: EMINEM)

Buck's hot as cool, to see a fan when I'm on the spot (Take Your Time; performing artist: HOT)

42.7 percent of all statistics are made up on the spot. (references; author: unknown)

Out Out Darn Spot (1967)

Spot the Tune (1959)

Blind Spot (1958)

Tight Spot (1955)

On the Spot (1953)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

References

• Color Spot Nurseries, Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

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Books

• The 7 Minute Miracle: Breakthrough Program To Banish Spot Fat Forever (reference)

• How to Spot a Bastard by His Star Sign (reference)

• Beauty spot, Santa Barbara (reference)

• Leland, Mississippi : from hellhole to beauty spot (reference)

• Tarn Hows : an approach to the management of a popular beauty spot : a report to the Countryside Commission (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Blind Spot Photography (reference)

• Ink Spot News (reference)

• Quarterly Spot Report On New Fab Projects (reference)

• Spot (reference)

• Spot Delivery (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Spot: Spot Goes to the Farm (reference)

• Major League Baseball Hitters on Hitting - Finding the Sweet Spot (reference)

• Crunch - Pick Your Spot Pilates (reference)

• How To Spot Counterfeit Beanie Babies (reference)

• Blind Spot (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Spotlight Kid/Clear Spot (reference)

• The G Spot (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Cokin P065 Center Spot Filter with Protective Case (Green) (reference)

• Cool SPOT (reference)

• MICRO SPOT MacDraft (Macintosh) (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods

• Bissell 1715-8 Spot Lifter (reference)

• Encon Electric 40003 Polished Brass Directional Spot Light Kit (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Pictured is a screen with colored images. A hand is pointing to a spot on the screen. This is an ultrasonic device. This imaging device sends short bursts of sound into the body. Echoes are reflected from tissues and transformed on the screen into colored outlines of tissues and organs. This may also be used as a therapy method. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer).

A flat red spot that is rough, dry or scaly may indicate skin cancer. See artwork: RR-15b, WYNTK-22b. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

The saying "X" marks the spot holds true in this Hubble telescope image. In this case, X ... Credit: NASA.

The accompanying movie shows the Saturn white spot, a great storm in the equatorial region of ... Credit: NASA.

Three-color filter image of Jupiter's best known feature, the Great Red Spot. (Voyager 1). Credit: NASA.

False-color image of Jupiter's Great Red Spot. (Voyager 1). Credit: NASA.

A favorite diving spot at the City of Refuge. Credit: America's Coastlines.

Radar display of multiple contacts of lobster pot moorings ALBATROSS IV had to find clear spot to trawl through. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Fishing for spot (member of the croaker or drum family). Credit: Fisheries.

Fishermen cleaning catch of Chesapeake Bay Spot. Credit: Fisheries.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

A Commission composed of seven members, five of whom shall be nominated by the Principal Allied and Associated Powers, one by Denmark, and one by Germany, shall be constituted within fifteen days from the date when the final result of the vote is known, to trace the frontier line on the spot. (reference)

We have also come to this hallowed spot to remind America of the fierce urgency of now. (Delivered on the steps at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. on August 28, 1954)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

I am really tired of exploring so long on one spot.

On he speeds, never wasting a wordlet, Though thoughtlets cling, closely as wax, To the spot where the beautiful birdlet So quietly quacks

The spell survives, and just as powerfully as if the natal spot were an earthly paradise

He went to the spot.

The midday sun burned through the hole and threw a glaring spot on the floor

The dog died on the spot, and we left the doctor endeavoring to recover him by the same operation

There, in a very secluded and shaded spot, under a spreading white pine, there was yet a clean, firm sward to sit on.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

As dry AMD gets worse, you may see a blurred spot in the center of your vision. (references)

This spot occurs because a group of cells in the macula have stopped working properly. (references)

The powerful magnification of the microscope helps the doctor spot typical NCL deposits. (references)

Business

Electricity is sold via a spot market. (references)

The engineering plastics market has become a bright spot for U.S. firms. (references)

As always, long term trends are difficult to spot due to the season-to-season changes. (references)

Civil Liberties

Russia

Police demand bribes when processing registration applications and during spot checks for registration documentation. (references)

Afghanistan

Persons found to be in violation of the edicts were subject to punishment meted out on the spot, including beatings and detention. (references)

Economic History

Tunisia

CURRENCY TRADING ON THE SPOT FOREIGN EXCHANGE MARKET HAS BEEN PRIVATIZED. (references)

Human Rights

Dominican Republic

Baptiste was at a spot where soldiers allow unofficial crossing for a cost of approximately $0.60 cents (10 pesos). (references)

Ukraine

The law has had an increasing deterrent effect on the police, who no longer can collect spot fines after stopping vehicles for alleged traffic violations, although abuses still occur. (references)

Minorities

India

Badrinath is a pilgrimage spot for Hindus. (references)

Political Economy

Afghanistan

For lesser infractions, Taliban militiamen often judged accused offenders and meted out punishments, such as beatings, on the spot. (references)

TUNISIA

However, in the face of a weakening euro, the Central Bank did allow the dinar to depreciate slightly in real terms in 2000 and 2001. Since 1995, Tunisia permits restricted spot market trading of foreign currency. (references)

BANGLADESH

Annual aid receipts and remittances from overseas workers, an important source of foreign exchange earnings, have kept the exchange market somewhat stable over the past several years and going into fiscal year 2001, workers' remittances were expected to remain a bright spot for the economy. (references)

Trade

Hungary

License holders have the option to make a customs declaration with an incomplete or a substitute document (even electronically), or have customs clearing on the spot if the license holder starts customs processing without the involvement of a customs officer. (references)

Korea

The first phase of liberalization, implemented on April 1, 1999, included five major changes: (1) a negative list system replaced the previous positive system for capital account transactions; (2) all capital account transactions related to business activities of firms and financial institutions were liberalized, including a firm's short-term borrowings from abroad; (3) non-residents were allowed to issue won-denominated securities abroad; (4) all qualified financial institutions were permitted to engage in the foreign exchange business, with most remaining restrictions on the foreign exchange business to be removed; and, (5) participants in the spot and forward markets no longer had to demonstrate their business purpose to purchase forward currency contracts. (references)

Travel

Ghana

This is the spot for American fast food and good milkshakes. (references)

Worker Rights

Angola

SIMA strikes continued during the year, and there were spot strikes elsewhere in the country. (references)

Ghana

They visit each workplace annually and make spot checks whenever they receive allegations of violations. (references)

Syria

The Labor Inspection Department performs unannounced spot checks of employers on a daily basis to enforce the law; however, the scope of these checks is unknown. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "spot": a rustic spot ♦ a spot of ♦ a spot of smth. ♦ a spot of whisky ♦ a tender spot ♦ advertising spot ♦ baby spot ♦ baby spot light ♦ be in a bed spot ♦ be in a spot ♦ be nailed to the spot ♦ be on the spot ♦ beauty spot ♦ black spot ♦ blind spot ♦ blind spot of Mariotte ♦ bright spot ♦ Bunsen grease spot photometer ♦ burnt spot ♦ Chlorotic leaf spot ♦ cleanup spot ♦ cosy spot ♦ Crescent spot ♦ dross spot ♦ flying spot ♦ focal spot ♦ frost spot ♦ Fuchs black spot ♦ fungal leaf spot ♦ garden spot ♦ Germinal spot ♦ Germinative spot ♦ grease spot ♦ grease spot photometer ♦ halo spot ♦ heat spot ♦ high spot ♦ hot spot ♦ in a remote spot ♦ in a spot ♦ in the spot ♦ ink spot ♦ inky spot ♦ johnny on the spot ♦ lemon spot ♦ light spot ♦ little spot ♦ live in secluded spot ♦ liver spot ♦ medullary spot ♦ night spot ♦ on the spot ♦ pain spot ♦ penalty spot ♦ plague spot ♦ put on the spot ♦ put one's finger on the weak spot ♦ put smb. on the spot ♦ remote spot ♦ retired spot ♦ secluded spot ♦ sensitive spot ♦ shady spot ♦ Soemmering's spot ♦ soft spot ♦ sore spot ♦ spot announcement ♦ spot ball ♦ spot business ♦ spot cash ♦ spot check ♦ spot elevation ♦ spot facing ♦ spot goods ♦ SPOT imagery ♦ spot infestation ♦ spot jamming ♦ spot lantern ♦ spot lens ♦ spot market ♦ spot news ♦ spot of ♦ spot of grease ♦ spot of rust ♦ spot price ♦ spot promote ♦ spot removal ♦ spot remover ♦ spot rump ♦ spot size ♦ spot stroke ♦ spot test ♦ spot wind ♦ spot worm ♦ sun spot ♦ sweet spot ♦ tar spot ♦ tender spot ♦ the most sensitive spot ♦ the spot ♦ tight spot. Additional references.

Beginning with "spot": spot-beam antenna, spot-causing, spot-check, spot-checking, spot-checks, spot-clean, spot-cream, spot-cycle, spot-free, Spot-i, spot-inspection, spot-kick, spot-kicks, Spot-knee, spot-lamps, spot-light, spot-lighting, spot-lights, spot-listing, spot-lit, spot-nosed, spot-on, spot-prices, spot-pricing, spot-prone, spot-the-eye, spot-there, spot-the-sexism, spot-the-star, spot-weld, spot-welding, spot-woven, spot-yield.

Ending with "spot": hot-spot, night-spot, on-the-spot, white-spot.

Containing "spot": on-the-spot investigation, white-spot-like.

Afrikaans

punt (dot, period, point), plek (location, place), beklad (slander, soil, stain). (various references)

Albanian

spërkë (plash, spatter, splatter, spray, sputter), vend (clime, country, course, diggings, ground, job, land, location, locus, nation, native land, neck, part, place, point, position, post, receptacle, region, room, seat, space, station, stead, terrain, territory), vë njollë, turpëroj (attaint, confuse, discredit, disgrace, dishonor, dishonour, humiliate, mortify), puçërr (pimple, pock, pustule, whelk), pikë (apoplexy, article, bead, blob, clause, count, Dot, drop, full stop, globule, installation, leak, match point, period, pip, pitch, point, score, touch), njollos (bespatter, blacken, blemish, blot, blur, cloud, defile, dye, imbrue, smear, smirch, smudge, splash, splotch, stain, sully), njolloj (blemish, blot, blur, smear, stain, sully, thumb), njollë (blemish, blot, blotch, blur, cloud, discoloration, imputation, Mark, mote, nebula, patch, plash, slur, smear, smirch, smudge, soil, splodge, splotch, stain, stigma, taint), lokal (cafeteria, coffee room, house, local, native, parlor, parlour, premises, provincial, restaurant, room, sectional, vicinal). (various references)

Arabic 

‏لوث (bedaub, befoul, besmear, besmirch, blot, contaminate, daub, defile, degrade, dirty, discredit, file, foul, pollute, smear, smirch, soil, stain, sully, taint, tarnish), ‏إرتباك (awkwardness, bewilderment, confusion, constraint, disruption, distraction, embarrassment, foolishness, involvement, morass, mystification, nonplus, perplexity, pink, puzzle, puzzlement, quandary, self consciousness, shame, shyness, tangle, uneasiness), ‏إعتباطي (arbitrary), ‏إعلان (ad, advertisement, advertising, announcement, annunciation, bill, bush, declaration, exploitation, gazette, notification, pitch, placard, poster, proclamation, profession, promulgation, pronunciation, protestation, publicity, sign), ‏إكتشف (be discovered, bring to light, come to light, detect, dig out, discover, figure out, find, find out, get wind of, glean, hit, learn, nose, rout, rummage, search, strike, uncover, unearth), ‏النعاب الأرقط نوع من السمك, ‏ضوء كشاف (spotlight), ‏تبقع (maculation), ‏تلطخ (maculation, smudge, sully, tarnish), ‏وصمة (blot, brand, smirk, smudge, stain, stamp), ‏وضع علمة, ‏قماش منقط, ‏بقعة (blot, blotch, macula, patch, smear, smudge, spatter, speck, splash, splotch, stain, streak, terrain), ‏لطخة (blot, blotch, blurring, cloud, macula, slur, smear, smirch, smudge, soil, speckle, splash, sully), ‏في الموقع (on the spot, site), ‏نقدي (monetary, pecuniary), ‏نقطة (dab, dot, fleck, full stop, item, locus, mark, period, point, pt, speck, speckle, topic), ‏نقطة في الملابس, ‏مركز (center, center on, centered, centralize, centre, centre on, concentrated, fastened, fixed, focus, funnel, localise, locality, localize, location, office, position, post, seat, settled, site, situation, station), ‏محل (place, site), ‏موضع (locale, locality, locus, object, objectify, place, position, seat, site, situation), ‏موقع (locale, locality, location, place, point, position, post, rhythmic, scene, site, situation, subscriber), ‏مقدار قليل (fleabite, handful, mite, ounce), ‏مكان (area, locale, locality, locus, place, position, room, seat, site, space, venue), ‏فترة بين برنامجين إذاعيين, ‏فوري (immediate, instant, instantaneous, prompt, quick, spontaneous, straight away), ‏لطخ (bedaub, besmear, blot, blotch, blur, daub, smear, smirch, smudge, smutch, soil, splash, splotch, stain, streak, sully, taint, tarnish). (various references)

Basque

zikindu (spoil to, spot to, stain to). (various references)

Bulgarian 

опетнявам (attaint, besmirch, darken, imbrue, maculate, mire, pollute, smirch, smudge, soil, stain, sully, tarnish), петня (blaspheme, blemish, cast reflection on, denigrate, disfigure, libel, pollute, slur, smear, smirch, soil, speck, stain, stigmatize, sully, tarnish), петънце (mote, speck, speckle, taint), пришка (blain, bleb, blister, gall, pustule, whelk), правя на петна, пъпка (blotch, bud, burgeon, papilla, papula, papule, pimple, whelk), леке (blotch, bugger, smear, snot, soil, stain), забелязвам (cognize, discern, espy, identify, note, notice, observe, perceive, pipe, remark, sight, take in, take notice), затруднение (ado, cumber, difficulty, drawback, embarrassment, encumbrance, hang up, hard sledding, hardship, hitch, involvement, jackpot, perplexity, pinch, predicament, pressure, quandary, rub, scrape, tickler, tight corner, tight squeeze, trouble), местенце, място (collocation, elbow room, ground, locale, locality, location, locus, place, point, position, post, room, seat, site, space, stand, station, stead), петно (attaint, blob, blot, blotch, dab, daub, defilement, flaw, fleck, mottle, note, offset, reflection, slur, smear, smirch, smudge, soil, stain, stigma, sully, taint, tarnish), неприятност (annoyance, cross, headache, mischief, nuisance, packet, plague, rub, scrape, shame, trouble, vexation), ставам на петна (stain), определям (allot, allow, assign, characterize, define, design, determine, fix, give, govern, identify, intend, lay, mark down, modify, name, nominate, pigeonhole, pitch, prescribe, qualify, set down, settle, state), обсипвам (assail, beset, besiege, deluge, heap, intersperse, load, pepper, smother, sow, strew, stud), окапвам (drop off, fall off, fall out, soil), откривам (bare, descry, detect, dig up, disclose, discover, disinter, espy, expose, find, find out, inaugurate, initiate, lay bare, lay open, lead off, locate, open, pick out, pry out, recover, reopen, reveal, rout out, rout up, run down, strike, unclose, uncover, unearth, unveil), точка на плат, черна точка на билярдна маса, разпознавам (discern, distinguish, know, pick out, recognize, tell, tell apart), ръмя (spit), следя за движението на, следя за появата на, следя за развитието на, набелязвам (mark down, mark out, single out, trace). (various references)

Catalan

taca (blot). (various references)

Chinese 

處 (a place, bureau, deal with, department, get along with, location, office, point, respect, to be in, to be in a position of, to dwell, to live, to reside, to stay), 斑點 (speckle, stain), 斑点 (speck, spots). (various references)

Czech

skvrna (blob, blot, blotch, blur, carbuncle, fleck, macula, slur, smear, smirch, smudge, soil, spatter, speck, splash, stain, taint, tarnish), zpozorovat (discover), znaménko, zašpinit (daub, foul, Mark, mess, muck, soil), vystopovat (trace up, track down), umazat (besmear, smear, soil), teèka (Dot, full stop, period, point, stop, whit), pupínek (blackhead, pimple, whelk), puntík (Dot), poskvrnit (befoul, dapple, dishonor, dishonour, pollute, stain, sully, taint, tarnish), piha (freckle), oko (eye, kink, mesh, noose, pip, snare, springe, tarn), objevit (detect, discover, find, recover, spring, spy out, unearth), místo (accommodation, appointment, instead of, job, locus, part, place, post, room, situation, space, stand, standing, venue), bod (article, coupon, item, point). (various references)

Danish

sted (abode, dwelling-place, dwelling-place-residence, location, place, residence), punkt (dot, period, point), plads (location, place, place to sit, plaza, public square, seat, square), plet (blot). (various references)

Dutch

plaats (city, court, courtyard, function, job, location, office, place, place to sit, post, seat, town, village, yard), vlekken (soil, stain), smetten (soil, stain), ruimte (location, outer space, place, room, space), oord (location, place), lokaliteit (location, place). (various references)

Esperanto

punkto (dot, period, point), makulo (blot), makuli (soil, stain), makuleto, loko (location, place). (various references)

Faeroese

stað (location, place, site), blettur (blot). (various references)

Farsi 

فوری (Immediate, Posthaste, Spontaneous, Sudden, Urgent), مکان (Locality, Location, Locus, Part, Place, Site, Stead), محل (Locale, Locality, Location, Place, Room, Site, Situation, Stead), نقطه (Ace, Dot, Iota, Jot, Mark, Part, Plot, Point, Prick, Speck, Speckle, Splotch, Stop), کشف کردن (Decipher, Decode, Detect, Discover, Uncover), لکه دارکردن یاشدن (Blot), لکه (Blob, Blot, Blotch, Blur, Dirt, Dot, Freckle, Gall, Glob, Pip, Smear, Smooch, Smudge, Smut, Splotch, Stain, Taint), لحظه (Flash, Instance, Instant, Minute, Moment, Second, Trice), زمان مختصر, خال (Blotch, Dot, Freckle, Mole, Pip, Speck, Speckle, Stigma), اماده پرداخت , درنظرگرفتن , باخال تزءین کردن . (various references)

Finnish

paikka (job, locality, location, patch, place, point, position, post, room, seat, site, situation), tahra (blemish, blot, daub, flaw, smear, stain, taint), piste (dot, full stop, mark, period, point). (various references)

French

tache (speck, splash, splotch), endroit, place (space), spot (light spot), salir, point, message publicitaire (advertising spot), lieu. (various references)

Frisian

stee (location, place), plak (location, place). (various references)

German

Fleck (bit, blaze, blemish, blob, blot, blotch, blur, fleck, location, lump, Mark, patch, piece, place, smudge, speck, splash, splodge, splotch, stain, star), Punkt (dot, full stop, item, Mark, period, pinpoint, point, pt, punctilio), Werbespot (advertising spot, commercial), Stelle (authority, digit, figure, job, location, locations, locus, office, passage, patch, place, point, position, quarter, reference, site, stead), Stätte (location, place, site), sehen (behold, glance, look, look at, see, see about, seeing, sight, spy, to see, to spot, view, vision, watch, witness), Platz (accommodation, center, centre, cirrus, course, court, field, green, links, location, pew, Piazza, pitch, place, plaza, position, public square, room, seat, site, space, square, stand, station, town, yard), entdecken (descry, detect, discern, discover, invent, light on, light upon, recover, to descry, to detect, to discover, to spot, turn up, uncover, undeck). (various references)

Greek 

κηλιδώνω (besmirch, blemish, blot, blotch, defile, moil, slur, smear, smirch, smudge, smut, speck, speckle, stain, sully), κηλίδα (blemish, blot, blur, macula, moil, mottle, patch, slick, slur, smear, smirch, smudge, smut, speck, speckle, splotch, stain, taint). (various references)

Hebrew 

להציב (dispose, place, post, rear, set, set up, stand), צרה (evil, misfortune, sorrow, trouble, woe), טפה (driblet, drop), כתם (mole, patch, slur, smear, smudge, splotch, stain, stigma, tarnish), זרקור (projector, searchlight, spotlight), חברבורה (streak, stripe), קורטוב (bit, dash, iota, modicum, pinch, shade, smack, taste, touch, trace), נקודה (jot, pixel, point, speck), לטפטף (drip, ooze, spit), מידי (from, immediate, instant, instantaneous, prompt, spontaneous, summary, swift), להבחין (discern, discriminate, know, make out, notice, observe, perceive, recognize, spy, tell), להכיר (ascertain, find out, know, make out, realize, recognize, tell, understand), להתלכלך (become dirty), לזהות (identify, place, recognize), למקם (localise, localize, locate, place, site, situate), מקום (abode, locality, location, place, premises, site, situation, stead, whereabouts), משרה (appointment, dominion, job, office, position, post, situation), לנמר (diversify, mottle, stipple, variegate). (various references)

Hungarian

pont (bang, chalk, coign of vantage, Dot, full stop, item, jot, just, period, pip, place, plumb, point, right, speckle, stalling point), folt (blemish, blob, blot, blotch, blur, cloud, clout, crock, dab, flaw, freckle, gout, mottle, patch, smear, smirch, smudge, speck, speckle, splash, splatter, splodge, splotch, stain, tarnish). (various references)

Indonesian

terpandang (catch sight of, esteemed, visible), noda (blot, ignominy, macula, stain, taint, tarnish), cecak (dot, fleck, lizard, nip, tweak), calit, bintik (speckle, stain), belang (band, blemished, pied, skin blemish, stripe). (various references)

Irish

Úit (location, place). (various references)

Italian

punto (Dot, full stop, period, pip, pitch, point, quick, score, scratch, stitch, stop, suspicion), luogo (area, country, district, ground, lieu, locality, location, passage, place, position, scene, site, space, stead, terrain), spot, posto (job, located, place, position, post, ranking, right, room, seat, site, situated, situation, space, stand, station, stead), macchia (blemish, blob, blot, blotch, brushwood, dab, disgrace, dishonor, dishonour, Dot, macula, Mark, patch, rough, scrub, slur, smear, smirch, smudge, speck, splash, splotch, stain, stroke, taint, thicket). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

目指 (aim at, sight), 点点 (dot, here and there, little by little, scattered in drops, sporadically), 点々 (dot, here and there, little by little, scattered in drops, sporadically), 点 (dot, mark, point), 染み (stain), スポーツ新聞 (fire-engine, spoil, spoils system, sponsor, sporting newspaper, sporty, spot announcement, spot campaign, spot check, spot commercial, spot news, spotlight, syringe), スパイ罪 (crime of espionage, fastball, ink spattering, slowing down, spaghetti, spaghetti meat sauce, spaghetti Western, span, span of control, spangle, Spanish, Spanish America, spanner, Spartacus Games, spasm, spats, spatula, speaker, speaker unit, speech, speech therapist, speech therapy, speed, speed ball, speed limit, speed skating, speed up, speed-gun, speedometer, speedway, speedy, student slang for the restaurant chain "Spaghetti Factory", thank you, wrench). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

しみ (bookworm, clothes moth, silverfish, stain), スポット (sponsor), スパット , もくし (aim at, apocalypse, keeping quiet, sight, silent contemplation, tacit permission, taking no measures, view without saying a word), てんてん (being passed around repeatedly, dot, here and there, little by little, moving from place to place, rolling about, scattered in drops, sporadically), てん (biography, celebration, ceremony, comment, communication, cultivated rice field, dot, establishment, heaven, law code, legend, life, mark, point, shop, sky, store, tradition). (various references)

Korean 

반점 (spots). (various references)

Malay

night club (night club, night spot). (various references)

Manx

spohttey, spoht, jeir (lachrymal, lachrymatory, tear, teardrop), fakin (behold, envisage, scenery, see, view, witness), faagail cron er (scar, stain, stigmatize), cur tastey da (attend, heed, notice), crottey (daub, spatter), cron (blemish, draw, frame, job lot, portion, scar, speck, stain, stigma), breckey (bespeckle, brindle, chequer, chequering, dapple, dappled, embroider, freckle, jotting, mottle, pebble, rough, sharpen, sprinkle, variegate, variegation), breck (brindle, brown trout, chequered, dapple-grey, dotty, mackerel, mottled, piebald, pied, pocked, speckle; trout-coloured, speckled, spotted, spotty, tartan, trout, variegated), boayl (centre, indentation, location, place, scene, stand, where). (various references)

Norwegian

punkt (dot, item, period, point), plass (ground, location, place, plaza, public square, square). (various references)

Occitan

tacar (spoil, stain). (various references)

Papiamen

punto (dot, period, point), logá (location, place). (various references)

Pig Latin

otspay.(various references)

Polish

punkt (dot, period, point), miejscowość (location, place), miejsce (location, place), kropka (dot, period, point). (various references)

Portuguese

ponto (character, dot, full stop, jot, mark, matter, period, pinpoint, pip, point, prompter, punt, speck, speckle, stitch, stop, token), lugar (emplacement, first of all, function, job, lieu, location, place, place to sit, position, post, pound, room, seat, site, stead, thorp, where), sítio (croft, flag-station, location, place, siege, site, station), mancha (blemish, blot, blotch, blur, brindle, cloud, dapple, defilement, flaw, fleck, guide-mark, marking, reproach, scar, smear, smirch, smudge, soil, splodge, splotch, stain, taint, tarnish), macular (blot, defile, maculate, profane, smirch, smudge, soil, stain, sully), local (local, location, locus, place, premise, premises, regional, sectional, site). (various references)

Romanian

loc (accommodation, billet, blank, corner, estate, field, job, lieu, locality, location, locus, place, point, position, post, quarter, region, room, seat, site, stand, standing, station, stead, where). (various references)

Russian 

место (betting shop, clubland, fernery, location, place, point, position, room, seat, site, space, stand, station, stead). (various references)

Scottish

smal (blemish, dust, snuff, speck, stain), àite (a place, location, place). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

ubrljati (make a mess of), tačkica (polka dot), pronaći (dig up, discover, dog down, find, get a hold of, hunt out, invent, locate, seek), pega (fleck, freckle), obeležiti (graduate, imprint, mark, mark off, mark out, note, tick), mrlja (attaint, blot, dab, fleck, smear, smirch, smudge, splash, splotch, stain, taint), mesto (locale, location, locus, place, position, post, space, station, stead). (various references)

Spanish

punto (degree, Dot, fleck, full stop, issue, period, pip, plank, point, polka dot, speck, speckle, stop, the point), mancha (black spot, blemish, blob, blot, blotch, blur, daub, fleck, macula, Mark, patch, slick, smear, smudge, speckle, splash, splodge, splotch, stain, taint), sitio (installation, investment, lieu, locale, location, place, position, room, seat, siege, site, space, website), manchar (bedaub, befoul, besmirch, blemish, blot, blotch, blur, dapple, daub, defile, dirty, foul, maculate, Mark, smear, smudge, soil, stain, sully, taint, tarnish), lugar (account, disposal, hostel, inducement, investment, lieu, locale, locus, motive, occasion, place, point, reason, room, scene, site, space, stead, village). (various references)

Sranan

presi (location, place), fraka (blot, soil, stain), flaka (blot). (various references)

Swedish

fläck (blemish, blot, blotch, blur, discoloration, fleck, flick, Mark, mottle, patch, slur, smear, smirch, speck, speckle, splodge, splotch, stain, taint), ställe (locality, locus, passage, patch, place, stead), ort (heading, locality, location, parts, place). (various references)

Turkish

seçmek (adopt, be particular about, choose, co opt, constitute, coopt, cull, decide on, decide up, descry, distinguish, elect, hand-pick, intend, intend for, look out, opt, perceive, pick, pick out, plump for, postulate, select, single out), sahne ışığı (limelight, spotlight), spot (spotlight), benek (Dot, fleck, freckle, macula, mottle, speck, speckle, splash, splodge, splotch), benek benek olmak, benek yapmak (speck, speckle), azıcık miktar (denier, soupcon, sprinkle, sprinkling), nokta yapmak, ayırt etmek (contradistinguish, contradistinguish from, descry, differentiate, discriminate, distinguish, individuate, know, pick out, recognize, separate, tell, tell apart, tell the difference), lekelemek (asperse, attaint, bastardize, bedaub, befoul, besmirch, blacken, blemish, blot, blotch, blur, brand, breathe upon, cloud, defile, dirty, discolor, discolour, dishonor, fleck, flecker, maculate, mottle, slur, smear, smirch, smudge, smutch, soil, spatter, speckle, splodge, splotch, sprinkle, stain, stigmatize, sully, taint, tarnish), eğlence yeri (hot spot, place of amusement, pleasure ground), görmek (behold, catch sight of, consider, espy, experience, get sight of, observe, see, see into, sight, transact, view, wake to, waken), gece klübü (cabaret, nightspot, supper clup), hemen teslim edilen (prompt), leke (attaint, blemish, blob, blot, blotch, blur, cloud, discoloration, discolouration, fleck, Mackle, macula, maculation, mottle, shame, slur, smear, smirch, soil, splodge, splotch, stain, stigma, taint, tarnish), beneklemek (dapple, Dot, fleck, flecker, mottle, speck, speckle), ayıp (attaint, blot, blotch, brand, contempt, disgrace, disgraceful, dishonor, dishonour, failing, indecorous, indecorum, inglorious, nasty, obscenities, odium, opprobrious, reproach, reproachful, shame, shame on you, shameful, slur, unmannerly, what a shame), nokta (Dot, fleck, full point, full stop, macula, particular, period, pinpoint, point, post, speck, speckle, stop, tittle), zor durum (cleft stick, crunch, den, foul, grievousness, hole, impasse, lurch, nice pickle, pickle, push, sad pickle, scrape, sorry pickle, tight corner, toughie), olay yeri (locale, scene, scene of accident, scene of crime, setting, venue), peşin para ile yapılan, puan (button, Mark, point, score), reklâm (ad, advert, advertisement, advertising, ballyhoo, build up, canvassing, commercial, plug, promo, promotion, promotional, publicity), reklâm spotu (spot announcement), tanımak (acknowledge, affiliate, be acquainted with, be recognizant of, charter, get to know, identify, Ken, know, legitimatize, legitimize, own, recognize), yer (earth, footing, geo-, Glebe, ground, ground-, locale, locality, location, locus, mother earth, pew, place, position, post, premises, quarter, room, seat, site, situation, situs, slot, space, stand, standing, station, stead, terrain, terraneous, ubiety, where, whereabouts), yerine koymak (bestow, case, clap, posit, put back, put up, relay, replace, slot into), yerini saptamak (locate), yerleştirmek (accommodate, deposit, domicil, domicile, draw out, embed, emplace, enchase, engraft, ensconce, entrench, establish, fix, indwell, ingraft, inject, install, lay, locate, nestle, perch, pitch, place, posit, position, post, put, put in, quarter, reset, seat, set, set up, settle, shake down, sink, site, situate, slot, Square, station, Stow), lekelenmek (bastardize, be dishonored, be spotted, be stained, become stained, blotch, blur, smudge). (various references)

Turkmen 

utuk (point), tegmil (blotch, stain), menek (blemish, stain). (various references)

Ukrainian

ганьба (blot, disgrace, dishonor, dishonour, ignominy, infamy, obloquy, odium, opprobrium, reproach, shame, smirch, stain), ганьбити (abuse, animadvert, asperse, attaint, besmirch, blaspheme, defame, disgrace, inveigh, reproach, scandalize, shame, soil, stain, tarnish, tongue, vilify, vituperate, wrong), визначати місцеперебування, місце (appointment, lieu, office, place, placing, point, position, room, seat, situation, station), прищик, плямувати (blemish, defile, smudge, speckle, stain), пляма (blot, blotch, blur, discoloration, discolouration, fleck, macula, maculation, slur, smear, smirch, splash, stain, star, taint). (various references)

Vietnamese 

vết vết nhơ, trong hoàn cảnh khó khăn lúng túng ngay lập tức, dấu (blot, mark, sign, signet, track), chức vụ (abdication, duty, post), chỗ làm ăn, đốm (dapple, mark). (various references)

Welsh

ysmotyn (blob, blotch, blur), mangre (place), man (place), llychwino (besmirch, soil, sully, tarnish), llecyn (place), lle (accommodation, location, place, room, space), llannerch (glade, patch), brychu (freckle). (various references)

Yucatec

banda (location, place). (various references)

Zulu

indawo (chamber, location, place, room). (various references)

gunu. (various references)

gutta, guttae, guttas, guttis, Leiostomus xanthurus, Leiostomus xanthurus (Lacépède), loculo, loculos, loculum, locus, macula, maculaberis, maculae, maculam, maculant, maculasti, maculat, maculata, maculatam, maculatum, maculatur, maculatus, maculaverunt, maculis, punctum, spargat, spargendi, spargens, sparget, spargitur, spargunt, sparserunt, sparsionem, sparsis, sparsit, sparso. (various references)

placea. (various references)

macchia. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "spot": spotless, spotlessly, spotlessness, spotlessnesses, spotlight, spotlighted, spotlighting, spotlights, spotlit, spots, spottable, spotted, spotter, spotters, spottier, spottiest, spottily, spottiness, spottinesses, spotting, spotty. (additional references)

Words ending with "spot": despot, eyespot, fusspot, highspot, hotspot, nightspot, respot, sunspot, tosspot. (additional references)

Words containing "spot": despotic, despotically, despotism, despotisms, despots, eyespots, fusspots, highspots, hotspots, nightspots, pinspotter, pinspotters, respots, respotted, respotting, sunspots, tosspots, unspotted. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Spot" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aspot, bspos, epot, Espoo, ispo, seppo, sgot, sopot, sopt, spdt, spht, spith, splot, spoa, spod, spoe, spog, spoi, spoit, spon, spoo, spoot, spor, sposh, spote, spott, spoty, spowt, spox, sppof, sppon, spqt, sprot, spt, spuet, spuot, sputo, srot. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: opts, post, pots, stop, tops.

-1 letter: ops, opt, pot, sop, sot, top.

-2 letters: op, os, so, to.

+1 letter: estop, pesto, phots, plots, poets, ports, posit, posts, potsy, pouts, prost, sport, spots, spout, stomp, stoop, stope, stops, stopt, stoup, stowp, strop, topes, tophs, topis, topos, typos.

+2 letters: adopts, coapts, compts, coopts, depots, despot, estops, impost, netops, optics, pantos, pastor, pathos, patios, patois, pestos, photos, picots, pilots, pinots, pintos, pistol, piston, pitons, pivots, points, pontes, posits, posset, postal, posted, poster, postin, potash, potsie, pottos, poults, presto, prosit, ptoses, ptosis, puntos, putons, repots, respot, ripost, sapota, sapote, sexpot, sopite, spigot, spinto, spoilt, sports, sporty, spotty, spouts, sprout, stomps, stoops, stoped, stoper, stopes, stoups, stowps, strops, stupor, tempos, tepoys, thorps, topees, topers, tophes, tophus, topics, tossup, tripos, tromps, troops, tropes, unstop, upmost, upshot, uptoss.